Abstract

Two recent, and quite separate, discoveries concerning John Dalton, D.C.L., F.R.S., (1766—1844), help to confirm certain aspects of the scientific and public character of this remarkably original man. The first discovery was that of a bronze bust, missing for over forty years, and the second that of a letter written by a contemporary shortly after Dalton’s death and giving a clear description of him, as he appeared to an acute observer, when at the height of his fame.

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